Method of manufacturing reinforced tiles.



S. B. MYERS & J. FREUND.

METHOD or MANUFACTURING REINFoNoBD TILES.

APPLICATION FILED mms, 1910.

Patented June 3, 1913.

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S'LOMON B. MYERS, 0F PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 'AND JOSEPH FREUND, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSGURI, ASSIG-NORS T AMERICAN CEMENT TILE MANUFACTURING COMPANL'OI WAMPUM, PENNSYLVANIA, A. CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.,

I METHOD 0F MANUFACTURING. BEINFOCED TILES.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented J une 3, 1913.

'To all whom. t may concern Be it known that we, SOLOMON B. MYERS, a resident of Plainfield, Union county, State of New Jersey, and dosnrrrfFnnUNo, a resident of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain vnew and useful improvement in Methods of -Manufacturing Reinforced Tiles, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description, reference being io, had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-l Figure l is a plan View of a portion of a sheet of reinforce adaptedt 'be used for the manufactureof tiles by ur improved method; Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view through a mold illustrating the first step of our improved method; and Figs. 3 and 4 are similar viewslillustrating further steps thereof. v

Our invention relates to the manufacture of reinforced rooting-tile fromcement or con crete.. ll a:etofore,y in tilesl of thischaracter, the reinforce was frequently exposed to view on the surface of the tile, due to the reinforce being too close to the surface. vThe exposed portion would readily 'corrode and'break, leaving the tile weakened kat thlsgpo'rtlon.

The object of our inventln'is'to produce a' tilecin which the..reinforceis properly embedded in the tile andfatthe proper distance from the faces thereof throughout the entire tile, and in which thehody thereof on each side'of thereinforce is tied together through the openings in the reinforce.'

The precise nature of our invention willl be best understood by reference ito the accom panying drawings, which will now be de- .\\scribed, it being premisedfhowii that changes may be made without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

' the numeral 2 designates a sheet of reinforce of any desired character. 3 are downwardly extending projections which may be stuck up i in the sheet itself, as shown in the drawings,

or may be connected thereto inany desired manner. i

4 is a box mold having forming surfaces for forming the bottom and edges of the tile,

and 5 is a presser plate surface thereof.

The mold is first dusted with dry cement, or any dry powdered material. from which for forming the top -to prevent the tile fromsticking thereto.

The reinforce' 2 is then placed in the mold, the projections 3" thereof resting on the bottom of the mold, so that the body of the reinforce is held slightly above the bttom of the mold. It will also readily be' understood that we might support the reinforce rby meansof a p uralitycf-properly spaced slugs o r pellets, or by rejections extending upwardly from the aceof'themold. We then placche. batch of mud on the reinforce and work 'it through the openings thereof to lill all the openings and the space between the reinforce and the bottom of the mold. At this vpoint we might state that we use the term mud in its broad sense, as referring to a plastic material from which tiles might 1 be formed. After this batch of mud has been thoroughly worked through the reinforce wescrape od the surplus material as approximately shown in Fig. 8, in which the numeral 7 designates the first batch. The uppersurface of the partially formed tile is thoroughly moistened and a second batch of mud is spread over the surface, as indicated bythe dotted line"8. The top of this batch is ,formed by'meansl f the presser plate 5, or

by' any' other suitable means. In Fig. 4, the second batch, which has been formed over the. first batch, is designated by the numeral 9.

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We preferto make the first batch of mud somewhat thinner than the second batch, so

that'l it can readily be worked through the Vopenings in the reinforce to completely fill l all the space between the reinforce and the mold and also completely lill all of the openn ings in the reinforce, so that the reinforce is peidectly 'embedded in the body of the tile, and .also to tie the portion of the tile below the reinforce to the portion above. it, through 'all of the openings in's'aid reinforce. The upper surface of the first batch is then moistened, so that the two hatches will flow into each other and be thoroughly knit together.

It will readily be understood that a perfectly formed'tile can be made 'by applying all of the mud for forming the tile in one hatch,

although wc prefer the method above described.

The first batch of mud which is worked through the reinforce, will meisten 'the powdered material which was-first dusted into the mold, so that this dust will be removed with ehe tile and will form a Sharp, clear- Cut surface on the face of the ltile.

The advantages of our invention result from the described*method whereby we produce a ile havingl a reinforce enihedded in the body thereof, and which is properly spaced from its surfaces. Vile are also en-k abled to produce :i tile in which the portions of the tile on oppoeite sides of Jche reinforce are lied io each other through the openings in said reinforce, therebyv producing a Solid reinforced tile Without i'iaws or holes.v

l/Ve claim: .1 c

1. The meihod of manufacturing reinf forced tiles, which consists in'li'rst covering the het toni 'of the mold Vwiih a n'iixiure of dry' (euieni and sand, then placing :i reinforce in the inoldaud supporting ii above the holtoin thereof, then placing.;- ay hatch of mud on the reln'erce, then working the mud through the reinforcev to incision the dry vsand'and cement in the bottoni of the mold, ihen moistening' the upper surface oi' iheiirst hatch of mud to replace. the'u'aler absorbed hy -the dr)Y niaerial and also lo meisten the iopfof the irfs'lmch so that. -he second hatch will reinforce, 'l'he reinforce, then inoisening the upper Sur properly interniingle therewith, then placing a second bach of Inud on lthe first batch, and then forming the tile; substantially as described. 1

t?. The method of manufacturing reinforced tiles, which consists in placing a reinforce in a forming mold so that it is spaced from the bottoni of the mold hy the projec ions, then placing a batch oi" .mud on the then working the mud through lace el the first batch, then placing a second hatch of mud of grenier consistency on the lil-et "hach, and l'hen forming the iile,subsantiall" as described.

ln testimony whereof, we have hereunto sel our hands. i

SOLOMON l. MYERS. J OSEPH FREUND.

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Witnesses as lo Jos. Freund:

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